Connemara · Co. Galway

Walking back to Ballynahinch in fog

The trees lose their edges. The river is still there, audible. The hotel arrives gently, lit from within.

Distance

The river loop, in reverse

Pace

Slow enough that the hotel arrives gently.

Weather

Connemara fog, soft and total

Best light

The blue hour, before lamps are lit

An expat note from Deborah

There is a particular kind of Connemara fog that does not feel like weather. It feels like a room. We have walked back to Ballynahinch through it more than once and never once been disappointed.

The river is the orientation. The sound of it on your left, on the way back. If the sound moves to the right, you have gone wrong, and that is also fine.

We rarely speak much on this walk. The hotel handles the rest.

How we'd actually walk it